How to Make a Digital Backup Copy of DVD & Blu-Ray Discs FAST Using MakeMKV HandBrake & GPU Encoding

[@Maraksot78]

!!Update!! at 2:55 in this video I say to rename a file to libaccs.dll but on screen you see me type out libaacs.dll. I misspoke at this point and didn't catch it before posting the video live. To get this to work you want to name it libaacs.dll like you see on screen. Sorry for the confusion.

[@IdeasAsOpiates]

How do you complete this process on a mac?

[@terranceeisner8958]

what does this mean? Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading '/VIDEO_TS/VTS_07_1.VOB' at offset '0' Error 'Scsi error - MEDIUM ERROR:L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR' occurred while reading 'DVD+R-DL hp DVD A DS8ACSH LHS3' at offset '0'

[@demontekdigital]

Not sure if you've figured this out yet, but concerning the English audio tracks, if you go into the Audio tab in HandBrake you'll see Audio Tracks, and an "Add Tracks" dropdown button you can click to change the audio track you wish to encode with the video. I noticed this after encoding Godzilla Vs. Hedorah when it chose Japanese audio by default. I switched it to English, and it worked. Just a heads up since you mentioned it in the video.

[@pongchannel.]

I would just use vudu disc to digital but that costs a lot quick

[@technofeeliak]

If you can used DVDShrink, you can see which track is what.

[@frazer26]

The best way to tell which track is which is by... Open the dvd or blu ray in VLC (open vlc, press media at the top > open disk and select the dvd or BR Play the movie that you want (English for example) via the on screen menu When it starts playing, go to playback and the top > title and it will tell you the title number that matches in handbrake. The one that is playing is the one with the dot next to it. The UK inbetweeners has 96 titles so this helped me there

[@Maraksot78]

Thanks man. :)

[@mikeh1811]

How did you get vlc to play the BD? I put the keydb.cfg & aacs files in place and get 'Blu-ray error: No valid processing key found in AACS config file'.

[@videoplusdvd]

One thing that you should always do with video transcoding in Handbrake is to work with the original frame rate. NTSC DVD’s are 29.97 interlaced frames per second, even though the theatrical movies they carry are 24fps. Blu-ray movies are typically 24fps. Select “Same as original”, and variable frame rate. In filters, you need to concern yourself with de-interlacing DVD content. Select “Decomb”. Most Blu-rays today have 1080p (progressive scan) content, so you can turn that feature off for those types of files. Blu-rays, however, can also have some standard def interlaced video (480i, the same as DVD) for special features, and if this is the case, use the settings previously described for DVD. In the end, matching frame rates and de-interlacing/decombing where necessary will make the movement in your renders look much smoother.

[@Robber7]

How do you determine if you need de-interlacing and fps on the special features of a disk? Can some program tell you this info?

[@videoplusdvd]

@@Robber7 If it is a Region 1 NTSC DVD, it will ALWAYS require de-interlacing. If it is A DVD, when you capture with MAKE_MKV, you will see the video format. If it’s MPEG-2, you’re most likely looking at SD interlaced video as the source…you are given all the specs when you highlight the title.

[@videoplusdvd]

That should read if a BLU-RAY…

[@thomasmclaughlin3863]

This was an immensely useful TL;DR video. Thank you for taking the time to make it and for not dragging us through the entire history of optical storage first.

[@wichersham]

OMG, I have just started backing up my massive Blu-Ray collection. This video will save SO MUCH time! Thank you!!

[@aandjmom1]

Just letting everyone know that in May 2021 THIS TUTORIAL WORKS!!!! both regular DVDs and Blu-ray. some DVDs are getting really old and worn so i need to convert those that are around 15- 20 yrs old to put them on my plex. Thanks Mraksot78. sending you virtual hugs

[@bereantrb]

Curious if you've encountered any problems with Blu-ray since this post? DVDs work but every Blu-ray I've tried crashes Handbrake as soon as I launch the job. Completely uninstalled/reinstalled Handbrake and all dll's but stil no go.

[@kendallrandleas8651]

@@bereantrb I've run into the same problem, I've narrowed it down to being an issue in the preferences of makemkv, you have to enable the use of the .dll file outside makemkv. But I that's all I've got so far, I'll let you know when I got the rest figured out.

[@cracklingice]

I am resorting to using the 'backup' option of makemkv and then import that into handbrake.

[@kc86]

Dang! You just saved me 36 hours of encoding. I was ripping from MakeMKV and then use HandBrake to do the encoding and that is going to take me 36+ hours. I found your method and it took me 50 minutes. What an amazing method you have. Thanks a lot and I Subscribed!

[@simulping4371]

bro what are you even encoding taking over 36 hours 💀 and I don't even encode AV1 movies that long

[@milesmorales8921]

@@simulping4371 I think he is talking about the time of a bunch of them

[@danny51577]

New to handbrake and this is the first video I've come across, out of dozens, that informs and explains how to use your graphics card to encode in handbrake. Liking and subscribing for that reason, great video!

[@Maraksot78]

You should know I also have a followup video to this one where I take look at the difference in the final output file sizes. Although GPU encoding is faster than CPU encoding the final output files are larger. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKS3pYB7h9B5mKc

[@pongchannel.]

@@Maraksot78 does winxdvd ripper work for blurays?

[@sannicsan]

Genio. Funcionó de maravilla. Gracias. Me suscribo.

[@chirstopherbrown7173]

Thank you! Been looking for an easy straight forward break down of this process!!

[@Afsafs123]

I honestly can't believe I didn't know about copying the DLLs from MakeMKV! I don't currently want to keep full backups, so this saves me a step!

[@Lit2pop]

I must be SUPER AWESOME cause I watched all the way through. No, really thanks for taking the time to do this & going over all the little details that most do not. And even gave the proper links to download all that's needed for digitizing all my DVDS. Would like to see you do something on the various codecs, aspect ratios, etc. Thanks a Bunch!!

[@Ty-yr3gf]

Your videos are awesome basically I'm still a beginner when it comes to digitally recording my Bluray collection and updating my desktop for both gaming and processing videos, you make it simple to understand and put out subject matter that I'm curious about, .keep it up, thanks.

[@tcarnaghi]

To change the audio overdub language to Espanol or Francais, the setting is on the "Audio" tab under the :Audio Tracks" dropdown menu. By default HandBrake is set to: 1 English (AC3) (5.1 ch) (448 kbps)

[@khuntington]

i was at work, and i wanted to watch the martian. and i realized it was only on services i'm not currently subscribed to... so now i'm learning how to set up a plex server or whatever and just rip my blu-rays, because like a dolt i sold all my download codes when i opened the discs. lol your video was super easy to follow and concise. hopefully i can get this all figured out and be able to stream my blu-ray movie copies from work now :)

[@OnnieKoski]

Great video! Helped me speed things up by choosing the right encoder for my GPU! I knew I was missing something from my previous handbreak transcodes!

[@lowrider291]

I subscribed because you seem to be a genuinely nice dude!! You were also a big help in helping me set up handbrake couldn't have done it without you! Thanks so much!!

[@lukasgoodworth7341]

this is an amazing guide! thanks so much

[@RadOpsTV]

Is this really a better option to do than the first? Seems like a lot more steps than using MKV and then handbrake to compress. So you’re pretty much just use Make mkv to get the DDL file into handbrake and that’s it. You don’t use it anymore? I’m running a Mac is there any difference? Thanks again for everything in advance and thanks for your hard work. It really helps.

[@demontekdigital]

I just used this to back my copy of Son of Godzilla so I can watch it on a tablet, or set top console blu ray player. (The one I encoded was an old AVI I had from years ago.) My factory copy is packed in the garage, in a box from moving. Thank you for this informative video it helped me tremendously! Especially in regards to encoding some of my physical factory discs to use with my tablet. Yes, I can watch them on the blu ray player, but it's in the bedroom, and the treadmill is not, lol. Cheers, and thanks again!

[@markrobinson5772]

Thank you for this update. How do I paste the files into Handbrake on a Mac?

[@johnwouters9835]

thanks! was trying handbrake and vlc on my ubuntu machine to rip a dvd b4 i saw this, it was a waste of time... will take what i saw here and give another shot and as a last resort duplicate what you did on my windows machine... thank you again

[@themarveldcfan3463]

For the 'identifying the correct track' thing you were talking about, most bluray titles usually have '100' as the last three digits in the mpls for the English version. Disney blurays (like Marvel or Star Wars), usually have *'800'* as the last three digits in an mpls list for the correct English version. Just look for the last three digits: 100 for most titles, 800 for Disney titles.

[@doobresick]

Thanks very much for your time and effort for this video.. still works today [june2023] as long as you have Handbrake v1.3.1, doesn't work with 1.6.1 for me anyway.. running some tests on the quality that it puts out compared to BD-Rebuilder, but they both use ffMpeg and NVEnc (Nvidia GFX card) so they should be the same... cheers [EDIT] only down side I can see is that the handbrake method needs to have the disc spinning continuously, whereas MakeMkv rip to a multistream .mkv file. no more use of the disc drive, as well as that .mkv can be played back at full quality, if required.

[@Schmankman]

thank you soo much for this reply. i have been trying to get this to work for HOURS. v1.3.1, really did the trick.

[@jskjellman]

Very well done video, apprecazite your efforts. I did everything you described but got stopped at running HandBrake as it couldn't find a video on my BluRay. What I ended up doing was using MakeMKV to directly read the BluRay disc and then ran HandBrake to convert the MK4 file created into an MP4 file for my streaming pleasure. Hope this helps anyone out there with a similar problem.

[@JohnnyRogers]

Wow! It worked just like you said it would. Greatly appreciated!

[@stand2565]

Informative and well made video Maraksot! One seeming discrepancy appears around the 2:55 mark when you were renaming the dll file that was copied from the Make MKV folder to the Handbrake folder. You spoke that the file should be renamed "libaccs.dll" , but what was typed was "libaacs.dll". Which is the correct filename?

[@Maraksot78]

dang man... I totally missed that... nice catch. You want to name it the way I show, libaacs.dll, NOT the way I said it. Sorry about that.

[@ComputerGuyAndy]

It's still working in Windows 11 ver. 24H2 as of Nov. 2024. You had me for a moment, thinking it wouldn't work, until I found the typo (in comments) that solved my problem.

[@cracklingice]

06:06 when you are on the tab for the 'audio' the language is displayed there. I'm sure 4 or 5 dozen people already pointed this out though.

[@lazinggu2051]

When it comes to selecting the best quality format for ripping Blu-ray, MKV is always the top choice since it can encompass audio, video, pictures, and subtitle tracks in one single file while keeping the quality almost intact to that of Blu-rays. What You Need to Rip a Blu-ray to MKV: ● Your Blu-ray discs. ● A Blu-ray disc drive. If your computer came with any disc drive at all, it was probably a DVD drive. However, you'll need a Blu-Ray reader in order to rip your Blu-Ray discs (obviously). An external good Blu-ray drive can be purchased for as little as $25. Note: If you want to rip 4K UHD Blu-rays, you'll need to get a 4K Blu-ray drive. ● A program to rip the files like EaseFab Blu-ray Ripper

[@Sean3614]

Glad this method still works but, you make to register MKV first

[@Lunafilms12]

Love It. I want to build a PC and that Ryzon processor looks like it will help me cut my time. My 4K movies take like a day to finish in Handbrake .

[@Jeff_Delta]

Question, when there is a new version of MakeMKV, would you just repeat this process? Would you have to repeat this if Handbrake does an upgrade? Great video! Thanks for doing this and I am also enjoying your EGO reviews.

[@Maraksot78]

I don't know for sure if you'd need to repeat the process or not when the current beta key expires. I haven't been using this method long enough to find out yet. I don't think you will though because you're not using the MakeMKV application. You're just 'borrowing' the .dll files from MakeMKV that contain the info on how to decrypt Blu-Ray disc allowing Handbrake to read and rip discs. The way I believe it works is you won't have to update MakeMKV until a new type of encryption is used the .dll files you have don't contain, and you're no longer able to read or rip a disc. At that point you'll need to update MakeMKV and hopefully they will have updated the .dll files allowing you to circumvent that new type of encryption. At least that's the way I think it works. I guess I'll find out in another week as the current beta key will expire at the end of this month. :D

[@faldenengel]

As someone who uses Handbrake to soft code subtitles (able to turn em on/off) fiddling with the settings i found that if left alone it should auto select the files for your language but there is a way to manually specify languages for audio and subtitles. Within the tabs there is a setting for SELECTION BEHAVIOUR

[@Charlesphillipsgeek]

Thank you for the video and making it easy to understand

[@Maraksot78]

You're welcome Charles. Been getting some good use out of that PC I hope. :D

[@Charlesphillipsgeek]

Maraksot78 Of course Star Wars Jedi fallen empire on Epic settings I’m getting 98 FPS at 1080p

[@Maraksot78]

Well I'm very happy to hear that. I imagine it's a little better than what you were gaming on before? 😅 I really like the 5600XT, it's a great card; lots of power for 1080p and even 1440p gaming.

[@MrEddieshort]

I like this video, very informative, he is amusing well worth watching

[@daabsolutetruthis455]

Where is the video description? How do I access it to get the links?

[@ArtemisPrim]

Why would Make MKV have an error " Automatic SDF downloading is disabled or failed."?

[@sjsphotog]

You need to load/run MakeMKV FIRST before Handbrake and it will show all the different languages and tracks so you know which one to backup.

[@markroberson1746]

I did everything you said to do and it still doesn’t decode a dvd. Has anything changed as of a year after this video was released?

[@TahkylaCharlett]

i thought my mouse was making the video scroll at the end. :') Haha

[@maverick19702000]

Fantastic YT video Maraksot78! Thank you. I can finally say goodbye to doing it the hard way, which I have been doing for years. DVD Decrypter > Avidemux > Handbrake. This compacts the process to one app. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Liked & Subscribed

[@ommytror]

Does this work for every Blu-Ray you've tried it with? HandBrake recognizes one movie I tried but when I attempted to backup the first disc of a TV Show it failed to recognize it, even though MakeMKV had no problem with the same disc.

[@aandjmom1]

They always want us to subscribe but wont respond to a valid question. Same here. Handbrake will say "No valid Source Can be found" and of one of the reasons is DRM. If you make videos like this please address everything.

[@lafuriag8932]

Great video , I have been using the older way . You show us on the older video . Am not that great with all the newer way but using MKV and Handbrake work OK for me but Going to put this video in my favorites . To try when I feel daring Thank you again for all u do for all of us..Stay Safe...

[@Maraksot78]

Thanks for checking out the video. I like this method a lot because once you've got things set up you only need to use HandBrake to both rip and encode. And of course using GPU encoding is a HUGE time saver which is very exciting to me. :D

[@David-fj5lz]

This is a brilliant explanation as I have wanted to do this as my Panasonic dvd recorder will only read certain blu rays so experimentation is needed as the videos seem to be of a Different file format only read by these player/recorders is AVCHD

[@pappyfrank253]

just curious what external bluray burner would you recommend

[@paulsastroutomo4273]

Thank you for sharing the very helpfull information

[@TotemoGaijin]

I coulda swore the first time I watched this video it was letting me use my gpu, and now for some reason the option is grayed out...weird.

[@salsapicante2991]

Thank you! You are much appreciated!!

[@bereantrb]

DVDs work but sadly Blu-ray ripping does not work for me. As soon as I start a Blu-ray job Handbrake immediately crashes. I uninstalled/reinstalled Handbrake and all the dll's but still no luck. The other method I've seen works, it just takes A LOT longer (rip full video with MakeMKV, then convert with Handbrake). This looks great. I hope I find a solution.

[@JoshCartman]

2024 - I've now updated both Handbrake and MakeMKV, copied the file mentioned in this video, twice (and renaming as directed) and am using the same libdvdcss.dll file from the description's link. I did go through all of the folders and there was not dll file, just project files. I'm not sure if there's a way to generate it from those, but it doesn't matter, because it still worked. MakeMKV would not update through the software, I had to download a new installer for it, which removed the old copy and installed the new. Handbrake updated through the existing software. I likely hadn't updated the software in a year or two, I'm guessing that since my last comment two years ago, I didn't try this. I can confirm that I was able to open up a Blu-ray that I'd just received, that was giving me a DRM error before updating. I'm sure YMMV depending on the DVD/Blu-ray disc.

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Thanks for the helpful video my friend

[@Maraksot78]

No problem 👍

[@horace650]

This video should be named 'How to make ripping a dvd as difficult as possible'!

[@s.k.y2665]

Hey man one question - Why do you recommend gpu encoding? because everyone like on reddit/a lot other yt videos say that the quality is very bad in comparision. I also tested the legend of tarzan and NVEnc produces red artifacts for me with h26510bit CQ20 Medium (the movie is 4K HDR) The beginning is very gray but gpu encoding produces red artifacts there

[@ZackMuffinMan]

Whenever I use the GPU encoding all of my monitors turn red or white and I have to repeatedly reload the GPU drivers in order to see my screens. The encoding process continues throughout this. I'm not sure if it's a driver issue or what is causing it. I have GTX 1080 on latest drivers that works perfectly for gaming.

[@brucepietsch1184]

I set it up exactly as you showed. but Handbrake did not work for GOT season 6 bluray. Makemkv did decode it though.

[@bereantrb]

Same - all Blu-ray's I try crash Handbrake.

[@lafuriag8932]

I will to one of these day..have a great night brother....THanks...

[@darrenmcgruther6851]

If you are just ripping DVD should I still be using 1080p 30 surround?

[@harleyrdr1]

Hmmm...for some reason even though I did all three DLL's and made sure I named them correctly, Handbrake works for DVD's but I still get the "No valid source" error on Bluray's. ☹

[@Meet_The_Pyro]

I'm new to all this, so how is this better than just using makemkv?

[@Alaa.M945]

Hi ! Thanks for this great informative Video. I noticed your ripper Blu-ray have enclosure but what’s Asus model ? Does it ripping UHD ?

[@Maraksot78]

That's actually this enclosure I bought on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRUN0HQ?tag=onamzaraksoev-20&linkCode=ssc&creativeASIN=B01MRUN0HQ&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.35KP63KCPU1OH&th=1 I had an Asus Blu-ray drive in my old PC and when I upgraded I pulled the blu-ray drive out, bought the enclosure and installed the drive into it.

[@Alaa.M945]

@@Maraksot78 Thanks again, just I need to know the Asus ripper drive model Number .

[@Maraksot78]

@@Alaa.M945 I bought it on Amazon in 2018. Don't know if they sell the same model I bought anymore but the model number is BC-12B1ST. It is just a regular blu-ray drive. It does not burn blu-rays and it does not support 4K (aka UHD) blu-ray either.

[@Alaa.M945]

@@Maraksot78 Thanks ..so appreciated..wishing you all the best 🤝

[@synapticflow]

Do you know if all of your dll tricks will work the same way in VidCoder since that program is just a GUI for Handbrake?

[@livedreamsg]

Awesome video. I have one question: how do the file sizes compare? I'm researching this a lot for my Plex server. Currently have 12TB of data on it, and I want to convert them to H265. All the responses I've come across have said NVENC takes a lot of storage as opposed to x265. What are the file sizes for the original BR and the H265 one?

[@Maraksot78]

Most blu-ray movies are between 20GB and 30GB on the disc and just using MakeMKV gives you an uncompressed rip of the movie close to the same size it is on the disc. Using H.265 my copy of The Rise of Skywalker is now 9.98GB. You can always experiment if you want and try H.265 without using GPU encoding and even use other codecs like H.264 and see what works best for you. :)

[@livedreamsg]

@@Maraksot78 Thank you!! Ordered an RTX 2070 last night. The slightly higher file size compared to CPU encoding is well worth the vastly superior time to complete.

[@ntvtexan5015]

I go .MKV for 20-45 minutes to rip, then to Handbrake for H.265 custom Preset for a VERY LONG (8-10 hours) handbrake completion...older dell AIO with 4400 Quad-Core and integrated graphics. The results are PERFECT and MUCH MUCH smaller in size. Most file sizes when done now are only 1.9 to 3.4 GB and again, look and sound PERFECT like I was playing the Blu-Ray disc itself !!!

[@Maraksot78]

@@ntvtexan5015 using GPU encoding is so much quicker it's amazing. I'm actually working on a video showing the difference between QuickSync, Nvidia NVENC and AMD VCE encoding right now and I'm impressed how much of a difference using QuickSync makes over just using CPU encoding. Thanks for the comment. Cheers. :)

[@frommatorav1]

H265 is HVEC codec which takes less space and keeps quality high. NVENC is Nvidia gpu codec to rip the file in Handbrake faster. I've also found that also using custom settings for 10 bit further reduces space used, while keeping quality higher. Instead of copying dll files, I take the MakeMKV ripped file and directly drop into Handbrake. In Handbrake I use MKV, framerate same as original. I decode or encode to 1080p, hevc x265 10bit (nvenc) or if it's 4k, the same thing except 2160p, instead of 1080p. I use avg bitrate between 11500 kbps and 20000 kbps depending on what movie it is. The higher the bitrate, the better the quality. I have speed set to slow. I use pass-through for audio tracks and retain chapters and forced closed captions and usually the first English available. I saved a preset for 1080p and 4k 2160p to save time.

[@Tru3Tech]

Hello again. I watch your two videos related to digital copy and now I want to rerip my movie collection with your suggested settings (HQ 1080p30) but I have one question about the audio tab, do you stick with stereo aac and 5.1 ac3. And if yes, why?why not EAC3 because is better then AC3. In the past i just kept Ac3 640 no stereo track. Love your video !!!

[@daabsolutetruthis455]

These create .mp4s, right? How do I convert the mp4 to an iso file? Also, where are the links to Make MKV?

[@jasonh4614]

Love this video and everything was working perfectly until a few days ago. When the latest update was pushed (1.6.1) I lost the ability to directly rip my DVDs. It appears that the update has somehow blocked the use of the .dll or altered how it utilizes them? Anyone else have this problem or found a solution? I tried reinstalling the .dlls but with no success. I am still able to rip with MakeMKV and then convert using Handbrake, but it sure was nice to be able to do both in one step!

[@TheSpickyjim]

I also had problem with latest handbrake version. I just downloaded the version shown on this video (v1.3.1) from archives and now works fine

[@TexasBulldog74]

Love the content. It was the driving factor that made me upgrade from my AMD 5700xt to the Nvidia RTX 3080 so I could access the Nvenc encoder. The AMD encoder was OK but the size to quality ratio is nothing like the Nvenc. I really want to try the Intel encoder but I don't have anything Intel in my house at the moment since I run the 5900x. The 12900k will be my next upgrade (or next generation after 12th gen). Thanks!

[@avejst]

Great tour in the program :-)

[@brandy8093]

DVD ripping works but all my Bluerays give me an error about DRM protected disc. I did up grade my firmware on my LG drive.

[@RANGERBOYYOUNG]

I'm a little confused about MakeMKV. It looks like you only used the program for a file that HandBrake needed. Was that all the program was needed for or did I miss a step where the beta key was needed?

[@Maraksot78]

yes, the beta key is needed, but since I already had the beta key input into MakeMKV I didn't realize the key was needed until the beta key expired and went to do this again.

[@bradhotdog]

why are we encoding a 24p movie at 30p?

[@thomasland1702]

This video has helped me greatly. I moved into an RV fulltime. And with my home movie collection being so large that it doesnt fit in the RV, this is an awesome alternative. Watching this video, I did notice the only involvement MakeMKV has in your video is to copy .dll files to HandBrake .... is this correct, or am I missing something to use MakeMKV more effectively?

[@thomasland1702]

update: I viewed the original video you created. it looks like you used MakeMKV to rip the movie, then HandBrake to transcode (compressing it). does this new process, outlined in this video, override the old process?

[@rickgraf8017]

Thank you for this detailed video, any chance you can share what external blu-ray drive model # and firmware you used? I've been using 123CopyDVD for about 10 years now, until my last W10 update botched the key & password. And at this moment it looks like the maker is gone and no longer supports this product. If this doesn't fit the bill, I might give WinX ripper platinum a try.

[@morrokbyo]

What would be the best way to rip the highest quality you can from a DVD? I imagine just choosing a high resolution would mess with the quality.

[@MichaelRoss-d1f]

ever run handbrake in an ubuntu VM and have encoding times that are acceptable and achieve 4k video and 7.1 HD surround sound?

[@unclebubbies]

I need to upgrade my computer. The one I have is 10 years old and it takes 24 hours or more to backup a 4k disc with handbrake. Could you recommend what I need for efficient hardware to create in the time frame you stated in this video. Is their a computer that comes with everything in the cabinet? Please be specific for I am not computer literate.

[@gatsbylee2773]

What is the reason to use the mkvmaker rather than just using the handbreak only? Is it because the source is blue-ray? If it is just dvd, does it still requires the mkvmaker step?

[@RabbiHagaiEitanOfficial]

I shot a video in 4k (25p 100) in dimensions 16:9 and in the editing software I turned it to 9:16 so that it fits Tiktok. How do I shrink it to fit WhatsApp, that is, up to 64 mb without harming its quality because it seems to come out "smeared" in WhatsApp? Thanks

[@matronix1977]

Hi ! Thanks for this excellent video. Question : Is it possible to back up cd that are copyrigt also ?

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

I’ve ripped some DVDs with makemkv thinking nothing was wrong but sometimes in the middle of the film it just skips ahead 10 seconds, or skips to the end of the film and stops playing. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong.

[@technofeeliak]

Really? That's very strange. I haven't had this problem at all. In fact, if my film doesn't rip properly the entire process is bust. I don't even know how what you're describing is possible. You do go through a verification process at the start don't you? And, maybe your drive is defective. I mean the disk reader.

[@tsvaidyanathan]

Can you tell me how to make handbrake give it in full aspect ratio, instead of a square with the sides cut off? Would be very useful! Thanks

[@JohnJohnson-bo5sv]

Merry Christmas....Do you have a time per gig estimate that a person could use as a comparison? I have Terabytes of SD quality Mp4 that I would like to reduce the file size of..I am going to be looking at the after xmas sales and would like to know what specs to look for?

[@danielclark6033]

Thanks for the video, it's very helpful. Though I'm coming up with an issue; Handbreak keeps crashing when it finishes scanning the source Blu-Ray. I need help! I tried the mainstream and Nightly build of Handbreak and it still crashes while it's finishing the scan from blu-ray disk source. I've tested it with multiple movies.. It's strange because it was working fine for one Blu-Ray but then started acting up and now won't finish the initial scan for anything.

[@rmg367]

@maraksot78, care to make an external BD recommendation? I am starting my journey into digital and have seen most of your videos on the subject. A lot easier to comprehend versus other hosts. Thank you.

[@Maraksot78]

Thanks so much for your kind compliment. As for a recommendation for an external blu-ray drive... I don't know. I haven't used any personally. I had an Asus internal bru-ray drive in my old PC and when I upgraded to a new case without 5.25" bays I bought pretty much the only enclosure available on Amazon that will accommodate a 5.25" DVD or blu-ray drive. Personally I like to stick with brands I've heard of or just go with something that has good reviews/a good rating. Sorry I'm not more help. :)

[@pheonix0943]

To make sure you have the correct audio track open the dvd in vlc player and click on play movie then click on audio in the top bar and highlight audio track it will show track number and time stamp this also works for the video file i had a dvd that i had to use this method with because the automatically selected audio and video tracks did not line up

[@ijme367]

Would I be able to do this using an external Blu-Ray drive and a MacBook Air?

[@WilsonBradleyTheOfficial]

Also, why did you choose Index of /pub/libdvdcss/1.2.12/win64/ instead of the newer versions?

[@user-fj6ds2cg5z]

The newer vesions are just Linux downloads

[@Rayshader]

Very helpful! Thx!

[@akhilleusuggo]

On handbrake you can go to audio tab and subtitles, and you will be able to see the tracks languages

[@psigmon1040]

Can you recommend a decent external Blu ray/DVD drive? I would like to start ripping my movie collection. I first want to make sure that the external Blu ray/DVD drive will be compatible with Handbrake.

[@neoasura]

I know this video is 3 years old, but just did this with my i-9-12900k and RTX 4090, it did the whole process for a 3 hour movie in 10 minutes.

[@AlistairBrugsch]

Did you use the GPU NVEnc or intel quick sync for that speed?

[@nicholasscott6543]

what do i do to fix these no valid source or titles found handbrake

[@jenniferaman8004]

Hi! All my videos are coming out splotchy kinda like a checkered board. Any ideas? I wish it would let me upload a pic for an example.

[@paztalham6258]

I've added the 2 files to HandBrake but it says "no valid source or title found" I'm using a Blu Ray player trying to rip/ encode a Blu Ray movie but do I need the DVD file even though I'm using Blu Ray?

[@Teleport73]

Thanks for a great guide. But, silly question: So you don't actually use the MakeMV program itself in the process?

[@Maraksot78]

Nope. You just need it to get the .dll files that contain the blu-ray disc decryption data so you can rip the discs with Handbrake. I'm sure there are other ways to get them but this is an easy way to get them and I trust MakeMKV where as I don't know if I can trust other sites that may have the necessary .dll files. Anyway the point of the video was to show how to use GPU encoding to speed things up and how to make Handbrake rip and encode a disc all at once so you don't have to rip with MakeMKV and then import the 20-30GB uncompressed MKV file into Handbrake and then transcode/compress it to a 5-10GB .mp4

[@bereantrb]

Actually, you do need MakeMKV installed. The dll that gets copied actually opens an instance of MakeMKV in the background.

[@ChaddRussell]

Thanks for the help! Is it weird that my GPU only gets to 3-4% utilization? Is there a way to force it to use more and make the process quicker?

[@cracklingice]

The encoder does not utilize the full GPU. You also typically don't see much of a difference between high end and low end cards either. GeForce cards are capable of doing up to 3 simultaneous encodes so you may find increased performance if you run two separate copies of handbrake. Depends on how much CPU overhead you have I suppose. I have two going right now and it's using 100% of i7-5960x 4.5ghz and 75% of RTX 3080.

[@gh8toes656]

No idea what I'm doing wrong, but I have tried this process on two different PCs and can't get it to work, crashes every time. Only able to decode 1st in MKV and then recode in Handbrake. I have uninstalled all the programs and reinstalled twice, still no luck. Must be some setting I am missing to link MKV to Handbreak...?

[@bereantrb]

Did you ever find a solution? I think I'm having the same problem. DVDs work but with Blu-ray, Handbrake scans the disc ok but crashes as soon as I launch the job. Same as you, I can use MakeMKV for the initial rip, then convert with Handbrake -- but oh so slow!

[@gh8toes656]

@@bereantrb NOPE, still doing the two step process, but at least that works.

[@bereantrb]

@@gh8toes656 Yup. Same here. Thanks.

[@jamesgarrod277]

it's scan the disc and brings it's up in the preview and you set at all up and hit start encode and it shuts itself down

[@cas05005]

Is the file copying process the same for macOS? Like someone else mentioned, I, too, was using both MakeMKV and Handbrake separately on macOS, but if the file-copying process is the same, I’ll try that instead.

[@cardaleh9284]

in handbrake it scans the titles of my blu ray and reaches 100%( scanning the titles) but never goes away further. Any idea what could be happening?